Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct option:

**Column-I**
(a) Copper
(b) Fluorine
(c) Silicon

Question

Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct option:

**Column-I**
(a) Copper
(b) Fluorine
(c) Silicon
(d) Cerium

**Column-II**
(i) Non-metal
(ii) Transition metal
(iii) Lanthanoid
(iv) Metalloid

Accepted Answer

1. **Copper (Cu):** It belongs to Group 11 and the d-block of the periodic table. It is a **Transition metal** .
2. **Fluorine (F):** It belongs to Group 17 and is a halogen. It is a **Non-metal** .
3. **Silicon (Si):** It is located at the border between metals and non-metals and shows properties of both. It is a **Metalloid** .
4. **Cerium (Ce):** It belongs to the f-block (Atomic number 58) and is the first member of the **Lanthanoid** series .

Therefore, the correct matching is: (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii).

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